B.C. northern tanker ban to remain in Canada‑Ottawa deal
Carney: Today's Canada-BC agreement will maintain the federal North Coast tanker ban in accordance with the proposed route of a new trans-provincial pipeline under the bilateral agreement with Canada and Alberta.
🇨🇦LarryBC7I’m very happy they’re maintaining the North Coast tanker ban. But I also think we won’t see another pipeline to the coast in my lifetime. Just doesn’t seem to be the business case for it, but that’s definitely outside my lane.
John Muller5This is awesome news and a big win for BC and coastal First Nations. Really glad to see a reasonable compromise getting cobbled together.
Club Saanich2So what's the "plan"? What route are they planning to take? What first nations will they stomp on and what coast are they willing to sacrifice for foreign shareholders of oil companies?
BC north coast tanker ban maintained!!! Eby, Carney, Haida, Tsimshian, etc. know what they’re doing. We can trust them.
Poppet 🇨🇦8I hear many good things from this presser. We can, we must and we are growing our economy while protecting our environment. Loved to see the allocation of land the size of Greece to be preserved in BC as part of our commitment to preserve 30% of our land mass as part of our conservation plan.
J E Gunter 🇨🇦2Great news! What will Danielle Smith do now?
The BC tanker ban will remain in effect on the north coast. I suspect that Smith will announce a twinned TMX and a new terminal to be built at Delta Port.
TheyCallMeMitch3That was the only pipeline expansion that every made financial sense, Northern Gateway would have easily been $50-$60B to build and would have taken 10 years. We could double TMX again in five and there were plans to expand Delta Port anyway.
BC Reality3Of note in Delta Port won't be able to accept VLCC tankers without SIGNIFICANT dredging even if they can get around Turn Point in Haro Strait with tethered tug escorts.
Nana🇨🇦unicorn2Might truncate to Deltaport as well. Crusty Clarke 😠 suggested that some time ago. May be the only good thing she said.
AJ Hamilton 🇨🇦1Twinned tmx makes sense. Waiting to see how she reacts to the tanker ban!
